March 11, 2025 • 20 mins
Your mindset fundamentally determines what you can achieve in life. Are you approaching each day with a growth mindset that embraces challenges, or a stagnant mindset that sees your abilities as unchangeable? This powerful episode reveals why some people accomplish so much more despite having the same 24 hours we all get.
Dr. Jason Wiggins shares his personal journey from academic struggles (scoring second-lowest in his high school on the SAT) to eventually earning a PhD by refusing to accept limitations. He identifies six critical indicators of a growth mindset: maintaining a positive outlook toward challenges, choosing growth over stagnation, harnessing self-belief, managing stress effectively, practicing gratitude, and committing to continuous learning.
The podcast explores why discipline "ultimately saves you" through having a strong reason why, and how to overcome procrastination - the common roadblock to productivity. This episode offers practical strategies anyone can implement: reframing challenges as opportunities, focusing on effort rather than just results, learning from mistakes, replacing limiting self-talk with growth-oriented language, seeking constructive feedback, celebrating small wins, and surrounding yourself with other growth-minded people.
Whether you're looking to advance professionally, improve relationships, or simply become the best version of yourself, this episode provides the mindset framework to help you get there. The growth mindset isn't just about achieving more—it's about becoming more and helping those around you do the same. Subscribe, share with friends, and join our global community of listeners committed to personal growth and positive thinking!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello friends, welcome to your Motivational Gen
Z and Millennial Expert Podcast.
I am your host, my name is DrJason Wiggins and it is a
pleasure to be here today.
I hope everybody is having awonderful weekend and is ready
to start the week on a high note.
Let's go ahead and get ourheads right as we jump into
(00:22):
today's topic.
The topic is how your thinkingshapes your success.
Now, some of us were born, or Ishould say, or developed, with
a glass half full or glass halfempty mentality, and I was
talking with my wife the otherday and I wasn't born with
(00:47):
either a glass half full or aglass half empty.
I've always been a pretty muchglass three-fourths full type of
individual, and it goes backfrom my early youth, because I
don't understand any other wayon how to want to improve your
life, on how to want to bebetter and to develop that
(01:10):
growth mindset of knowing andunderstanding that we can be so
much more.
And early on I realized I wantto help, I want to inspire, I
want to be part of somebody'slives where I can make a
difference.
And one of the things we'regoing to talk about today is the
(01:31):
six ways that we can continueto develop a growth mindset and
these are the powers behind it.
And then we're going to talkabout, briefly, effective
strategies on developing thatgrowth mindset.
Now, there's two types ofmindsets.
(01:51):
There's one where you have agrowth mindset, meaning you're
looking to overcome challenges,you're resilient, you're doing
all these things that are goingto transfer your skills to the
next level.
But there's the flip side.
There's a stagnant mindset.
The stagnant mindset is whereyou you're unchangeable, you're
(02:13):
unwilling, you believe that youare the way you are because
that's how you were born and youcan't grow anymore.
You can either grow or youcannot grow.
Those are the two directmindsets that you can achieve.
It's the old kind of the oldsaying the flight or fight
(02:34):
method.
Are you going to run away fromthe problem or are you going to
stay there and fight until youconquer it?
And that's where a lot of thatdiscipline comes in.
When I was younger, back in myhigh school days, I didn't
understand the meaning of itback then, but I won a most
(02:55):
inspirational person award forour football team.
Our football team was almostrunners up in state.
We ended up taking third placein state with the opportunity to
play in the championship game.
However, we ended up not quitemaking it there, but the great
thing about it was is we learnedso many valuable lessons, and I
(03:19):
like to think that the lessonswe learned helped me become who
I am today.
But back then that mostinspirational award didn't have
the significance of meaning thatit does 30 years later.
Why?
Because I realized I was thatperson that believed you can
continue to overcome no matterwhat challenge, no matter what
(03:43):
obstacle that is put in front ofyou, and that's the same
mentality I try to share day in,day out, if it's from doing a
60 second TikTok video to beinga host of this podcast.
This podcast has never beenabout any monetary value to me.
It's always about how can Ipotentially impact somebody's
(04:07):
life.
So it's those skills andintelligence that we can develop
.
That's part of the growthmindset, and that growth mindset
comes from discipline.
Discipline is what ultimatelysaves you.
Discipline, discipline is whatultimately saves you.
Why does it save you?
Because it's the strong reasonwhy.
(04:30):
The strong reason why?
Why do you do something?
Why is it important?
Who was that individual orcircumstance in your life that
made you change?
Help yourself understand whatthe reason why is.
It can be it can be a death inthe family.
It could be some strong words,somebody told you.
(04:53):
It could be so many differentthings, but the correlation is
it made a huge impact on yourlife and that's how you have
that intrinsic motivation,that's how you feel motivated.
So have you ever, ever wonderedhow others are so successful and
(05:17):
get so much done in their life?
Think about this.
We all have 24 hours in a day.
Nobody has more than 24 hours.
24 hours in a day, nobody hasmore than 24 hours.
You wonder sometimes if thatperson has 30 hours in a day
because they get so much done.
I mean, we have to sleep eighthours a day.
We have to work eight to 10hours a day.
(05:38):
We have to eat, we have to takecare of our family.
We have certain tasks that haveto get done, and that is on top
of maybe going to school forfull time or having a second job
, whatever it may be.
It accumulates to 24 hours aday.
Therefore, whatever you do,that's the same amount of time
(05:59):
that you have that everybodyelse has.
And you wonder how come peopleget more stuff done in a day
than we do?
Because it's not becausethey're wired differently.
It's because they have thediscipline.
They have a strong reason why.
And then they have thatself-control strength.
(06:23):
Mindset is how you react and howyou perceive a situation.
So if you're a doer, you lookat that as a challenge, not so
much an obstacle.
You mystify and modify andshift your mindset so you can
(06:43):
improve your overall health.
The doers don't just get thingsdone.
They get things done with agrowth mindset, through eating
good, exercising, having thatmental capacity, that
intellectually and other reasonslike skills can be developed.
(07:04):
These are things that we allhave control.
So doers, those who succeed,those who have a growth mindset,
believe that they can overcome,they can move forward and they
can continue to find ways toimprove their life.
So we talked about today.
There are six identifiers of agrowth mindset.
(07:29):
One number one.
It's an easy one a positiveoutlook towards challenges and
failures.
You embrace the challenge, youreinvent yourself.
I mean some people.
Maybe they have a positiveattitude as a natural reaction.
That's me.
(07:49):
Three-fourths glass half full.
That's my fortunate, I guesstalent is.
I've always looked at things ina positive manner.
I believe.
No matter what gets in front ofme, I'm going to figure out a
way to conquer it.
I'm going to figure out a wayto be successful and that is my,
I guess, what I feel I'm goodat.
(08:11):
I look at the challenges.
I get excited.
Number two growth mindset versusa fixed mindset.
That's what we talked aboutearlier.
We talked about being stagnated, we talked about being
unchangeable.
If you're willing to make thechanges in your life and you're
willing to move forward, thenyou have a growth mindset.
But if you have a mindset thatsays you know what, this is all
(08:33):
I'm good at, this is the bestI'm ever going to be, I'm
stagnated, I'm unchangeable andthere's nothing that's going to
change that, then that is afixed mindset.
Number three, one of myfavorites the power of
self-belief.
Remember, when things aregetting bad, when things are at
(08:54):
their worst, somebody else hasit worse than you.
And the interesting thing aboutwhat?
The power of self-belief?
I've heard stories whereindividuals have terminal cancer
.
They don't know how longthey're going to live.
But guess what?
The mind is so powerful thatthe reason why they don't know
(09:17):
is they never ask the questionsabout how long are they going to
live.
Their spouses might know, butthey don't.
So in their mind, they don'thave a deadline in their life.
They are thinkingoptimistically, they are running
.
They were doing all the thingsthe doctor told them to do, but
they don't know when their timeis going to end, because they
(09:40):
have a positive attitude.
I like to go back to when I wasin college.
I just obtained my bachelor'sdegree and I really wanted to go
and get my MBA, obtain my MBA,but at the time I could not get
into grad school because my GMATscore wasn't what it needed to
(10:04):
be.
And I studied, I tried, I tookit a couple of times.
I could not fail.
But guess what?
I could have gave up.
I could have said you know what?
I'm not going to grad school,it's just not the cards for me.
That's where that would bestagnated and that would be
unchangeable.
But what happened?
I found a different route.
(10:24):
I found a different universitythat had different requirements.
It was accredited, they were agreat school, but they didn't
make the GMAT the end, all beall.
And fortunately I was able tonot only obtain an MBA, but I
went on to obtain a PhD.
Why?
Because I didn't let thebarriers and obstacles and
(10:44):
challenges get in my way.
Truth be told, when I was asenior in high school, I took an
SAT and the SAT came back withthe second lowest score in
school.
I'm not kidding.
Back then I think I got a 610.
And that 610 basically gave me500 for writing my name on the
(11:08):
test.
I was not very intellectuallyinclined, I didn't have the
skill set, so I had to startfrom scratch.
Was I a knucklehead?
Yes, I probably was.
But once I got past thatchallenge of being a knucklehead
I figured out how I couldovercome.
(11:28):
So now we go to number four.
After we talk about the powerof self-belief.
You have to believe, you haveto understand that intrinsic
motivation, that internal driveto succeed, the mindset, the
resilience to be able toovercome anything that comes
your way and to not have thecommon roadblock to productivity
(11:51):
.
And do you know what thatcommon roadblock to productivity
is?
It is the bad ugly word.
You know what that bad uglyword is?
It's procrastination.
It's what gets in the way ofyou being self-disciplined and
reaching your overall goals.
(12:12):
So number four is stress,management and mindset.
What does that mean, managementand mindset?
What does that mean?
It means you regulate your body, you regulate your mind to
understand that stressmanagement is not a bad thing.
It goes back to earlier what wetalked about the fight or
flight method.
(12:32):
Stress management is aboutfighting and running towards
that burning building versus theflight method, which means you
run away from the burningbuilding.
You are up to the challenge.
You're there to figure out away to get it done.
You don't let procrastinationget in your way.
Therefore, if you are betterequipped within your mind to get
(12:58):
things done, then you're goingto have a good way of getting
around stress management.
Number five this is also one ofmy favorites positive thinking
and gratitude.
Being thankful for what youhave.
Don't dwell on what you don'thave, what you're not good at,
(13:18):
what skill set you don't have,all of these things that you
wish you had.
Well, guess what?
We're not perfect, but if we goout there and we develop skills
, we challenge ourselfintellectually and we're
grateful for what we have, wehave gratitude.
Then that's half the battle.
And the final and again it'sanother important one.
(13:40):
If you haven't noticed, theseare all my favorites Continuous
learning, to continue to learn,to be better, continue to learn
to get where we want to go inlife, and that is how the
mindset is so strong.
We talked about a positiveoutlook, embracing challenges,
reinventing yourself.
Number two we talked aboutgrowth mindset versus fixed
(14:02):
mindset.
Are you going to go for it orare you going to be stagnated
and unchangeable?
And then the power ofself-belief, that's that
intrinsic motivation, that's themindset and resilience not for
going into procrastination andthose common roadblocks to
productivity Stress managementmindset.
(14:23):
You could do it, fight orflight.
Number five gratitude, positivethinking.
And number six alwayscontinuing to learn, keeping
that glass half full andunderstanding the strong reason
of why.
And self-controlled strength.
That is what discipline and whydiscipline saves you.
(14:47):
So let's talk about theeffective strategies for
developing a growth mindset.
Well, reframe those challengesas opportunities.
Simple, reframe challenges asopportunities.
Number two focus on effort, notjust results.
It goes back to a child my sonsame thing.
(15:09):
He gets frustrated when hetries something and it doesn't
succeed.
So therefore, you got to focuson the effort, focus on how hard
you tried to hit the ballversus, maybe, the outcome,
maybe you didn't hit the ball,and just make sure that you look
at the efforts and not theresults.
Number three learn from yourmistakes.
(15:31):
You know, if you don't learnfrom your mistakes, then that's
half the battle.
If you try something thatdoesn't work, then try it a
different way, and if it doesn'twork, then keep trying, but
learn from your mistakes.
Here's another good one.
I really like this one.
Replace I'm not good at thiswith I can improve, because
(15:56):
we're not good at everything wewant to do, but we have the
opportunity to improve onanything we want to do.
Number five seek constructivefeedback.
Don't get a group of yourfriends that all love you and
praise you and say how great youare and don't provide you with
the real feedback, the realsubstance.
(16:17):
How can I get better?
How can I improve?
How can I be the better versionof myself to myself, my family
and all those around me?
Get good, honest, constructivefeedback.
Number seven track your progressand small wins.
It's okay, you're not going towin the jackpot every time, but
(16:41):
take the little wins you haveand ensure that you feel good
about what you did, that youfeel good about what you did.
And number seven surroundyourself with growth-minded
individuals.
Find people who also believethe way you believe about
fulfilling success, ensuringthat you have people that want
(17:04):
you to succeed.
You want them to succeed andthat's how you inspire others to
get better.
That's why you have groupevents, you have corporate
events, you have all of thesetype of events where you get
people together.
Why do you get people together?
So they can succeed together.
You can't do it all yourself.
It's important to get thepeople and help around, to
(17:26):
surround yourself with goodpeople.
That will help you get whereyou want to go.
So if you really want to wonderhow people are so successful
and get so much done, take thesetips on growth mindset and then
take these tips aboutstrategies for developing them
and hone your skills.
(17:48):
Demonstrate your intelligence.
Demonstrate your intellectualacumen, that you're willing to
take the steps needed to besuccessful.
Let your boss know that youwant more.
You want more responsibilities.
You want more training.
You want to continue to getbetter.
And the same thing with yourspouse.
Let them know that you want toget better.
(18:09):
You want to be a better husband.
You want to be a better wife.
Let your son and daughter knowthat you want to be a better
parent.
You want to do things that willhelp them develop to be
successful young men and womenas they grow up.
This is where the growth mindsetis all about, not just
intellectual.
It's about your exercisingintellectual.
(18:30):
It's about your exercising.
It's about your mentalcapabilities, your physical
capabilities.
It's about taking that totalpackage together and improving
when things don't always seembetter.
If you improve, things will getbetter.
Keep the growth mindset.
Don't ever get into that fixedmindset that says this is all I
(18:52):
can do.
I can't be any better.
Today, I hope you receive somegood information that's going to
help you start the week on afresh note.
It's going to help you grow asthe weeks go by.
So I want to thank everybodyfor your continued listenership.
We have listeners all over theworld and nothing excites me
(19:15):
more than to see the greatcomments and constructive
feedback that I get.
So continue to save the podcast, continue to ensure you
subscribe, like whatever it maybe, if it's on YouTube or on
your favorite podcast platformand please share with your
family and friends.
So I want to thank everybody.
(19:36):
I appreciate you.
Take care, bye, bye and we'llsee you next time.
Hello friends, welcome to your Motivational Gen
Z and Millennial Expert Podcast.
I am your host, my name is DrJason Wiggins and it is a
pleasure to be here today.
I hope everybody is having awonderful weekend and is ready
to start the week on a high note.
Let's go ahead and get ourheads right as we jump into
(00:22):
today's topic.
The topic is how your thinkingshapes your success.
Now, some of us were born, or Ishould say, or developed, with
a glass half full or glass halfempty mentality, and I was
talking with my wife the otherday and I wasn't born with
(00:47):
either a glass half full or aglass half empty.
I've always been a pretty muchglass three-fourths full type of
individual, and it goes backfrom my early youth, because I
don't understand any other wayon how to want to improve your
life, on how to want to bebetter and to develop that
(01:10):
growth mindset of knowing andunderstanding that we can be so
much more.
And early on I realized I wantto help, I want to inspire, I
want to be part of somebody'slives where I can make a
difference.
And one of the things we'regoing to talk about today is the
(01:31):
six ways that we can continueto develop a growth mindset and
these are the powers behind it.
And then we're going to talkabout, briefly, effective
strategies on developing thatgrowth mindset.
Now, there's two types ofmindsets.
(01:51):
There's one where you have agrowth mindset, meaning you're
looking to overcome challenges,you're resilient, you're doing
all these things that are goingto transfer your skills to the
next level.
But there's the flip side.
There's a stagnant mindset.
The stagnant mindset is whereyou you're unchangeable, you're
(02:13):
unwilling, you believe that youare the way you are because
that's how you were born and youcan't grow anymore.
You can either grow or youcannot grow.
Those are the two directmindsets that you can achieve.
It's the old kind of the oldsaying the flight or fight
(02:34):
method.
Are you going to run away fromthe problem or are you going to
stay there and fight until youconquer it?
And that's where a lot of thatdiscipline comes in.
When I was younger, back in myhigh school days, I didn't
understand the meaning of itback then, but I won a most
(02:55):
inspirational person award forour football team.
Our football team was almostrunners up in state.
We ended up taking third placein state with the opportunity to
play in the championship game.
However, we ended up not quitemaking it there, but the great
thing about it was is we learnedso many valuable lessons, and I
(03:19):
like to think that the lessonswe learned helped me become who
I am today.
But back then that mostinspirational award didn't have
the significance of meaning thatit does 30 years later.
Why?
Because I realized I was thatperson that believed you can
continue to overcome no matterwhat challenge, no matter what
(03:43):
obstacle that is put in front ofyou, and that's the same
mentality I try to share day in,day out, if it's from doing a
60 second TikTok video to beinga host of this podcast.
This podcast has never beenabout any monetary value to me.
It's always about how can Ipotentially impact somebody's
(04:07):
life.
So it's those skills andintelligence that we can develop
.
That's part of the growthmindset, and that growth mindset
comes from discipline.
Discipline is what ultimatelysaves you.
Discipline, discipline is whatultimately saves you.
Why does it save you?
Because it's the strong reasonwhy.
(04:30):
The strong reason why?
Why do you do something?
Why is it important?
Who was that individual orcircumstance in your life that
made you change?
Help yourself understand whatthe reason why is.
It can be it can be a death inthe family.
It could be some strong words,somebody told you.
(04:53):
It could be so many differentthings, but the correlation is
it made a huge impact on yourlife and that's how you have
that intrinsic motivation,that's how you feel motivated.
So have you ever, ever wonderedhow others are so successful and
(05:17):
get so much done in their life?
Think about this.
We all have 24 hours in a day.
Nobody has more than 24 hours.
24 hours in a day, nobody hasmore than 24 hours.
You wonder sometimes if thatperson has 30 hours in a day
because they get so much done.
I mean, we have to sleep eighthours a day.
We have to work eight to 10hours a day.
(05:38):
We have to eat, we have to takecare of our family.
We have certain tasks that haveto get done, and that is on top
of maybe going to school forfull time or having a second job
, whatever it may be.
It accumulates to 24 hours aday.
Therefore, whatever you do,that's the same amount of time
(05:59):
that you have that everybodyelse has.
And you wonder how come peopleget more stuff done in a day
than we do?
Because it's not becausethey're wired differently.
It's because they have thediscipline.
They have a strong reason why.
And then they have thatself-control strength.
(06:23):
Mindset is how you react and howyou perceive a situation.
So if you're a doer, you lookat that as a challenge, not so
much an obstacle.
You mystify and modify andshift your mindset so you can
(06:43):
improve your overall health.
The doers don't just get thingsdone.
They get things done with agrowth mindset, through eating
good, exercising, having thatmental capacity, that
intellectually and other reasonslike skills can be developed.
(07:04):
These are things that we allhave control.
So doers, those who succeed,those who have a growth mindset,
believe that they can overcome,they can move forward and they
can continue to find ways toimprove their life.
So we talked about today.
There are six identifiers of agrowth mindset.
(07:29):
One number one.
It's an easy one a positiveoutlook towards challenges and
failures.
You embrace the challenge, youreinvent yourself.
I mean some people.
Maybe they have a positiveattitude as a natural reaction.
That's me.
(07:49):
Three-fourths glass half full.
That's my fortunate, I guesstalent is.
I've always looked at things ina positive manner.
I believe.
No matter what gets in front ofme, I'm going to figure out a
way to conquer it.
I'm going to figure out a wayto be successful and that is my,
I guess, what I feel I'm goodat.
(08:11):
I look at the challenges.
I get excited.
Number two growth mindset versusa fixed mindset.
That's what we talked aboutearlier.
We talked about being stagnated, we talked about being
unchangeable.
If you're willing to make thechanges in your life and you're
willing to move forward, thenyou have a growth mindset.
But if you have a mindset thatsays you know what, this is all
(08:33):
I'm good at, this is the bestI'm ever going to be, I'm
stagnated, I'm unchangeable andthere's nothing that's going to
change that, then that is afixed mindset.
Number three, one of myfavorites the power of
self-belief.
Remember, when things aregetting bad, when things are at
(08:54):
their worst, somebody else hasit worse than you.
And the interesting thing aboutwhat?
The power of self-belief?
I've heard stories whereindividuals have terminal cancer
.
They don't know how longthey're going to live.
But guess what?
The mind is so powerful thatthe reason why they don't know
(09:17):
is they never ask the questionsabout how long are they going to
live.
Their spouses might know, butthey don't.
So in their mind, they don'thave a deadline in their life.
They are thinkingoptimistically, they are running
.
They were doing all the thingsthe doctor told them to do, but
they don't know when their timeis going to end, because they
(09:40):
have a positive attitude.
I like to go back to when I wasin college.
I just obtained my bachelor'sdegree and I really wanted to go
and get my MBA, obtain my MBA,but at the time I could not get
into grad school because my GMATscore wasn't what it needed to
(10:04):
be.
And I studied, I tried, I tookit a couple of times.
I could not fail.
But guess what?
I could have gave up.
I could have said you know what?
I'm not going to grad school,it's just not the cards for me.
That's where that would bestagnated and that would be
unchangeable.
But what happened?
I found a different route.
(10:24):
I found a different universitythat had different requirements.
It was accredited, they were agreat school, but they didn't
make the GMAT the end, all beall.
And fortunately I was able tonot only obtain an MBA, but I
went on to obtain a PhD.
Why?
Because I didn't let thebarriers and obstacles and
(10:44):
challenges get in my way.
Truth be told, when I was asenior in high school, I took an
SAT and the SAT came back withthe second lowest score in
school.
I'm not kidding.
Back then I think I got a 610.
And that 610 basically gave me500 for writing my name on the
(11:08):
test.
I was not very intellectuallyinclined, I didn't have the
skill set, so I had to startfrom scratch.
Was I a knucklehead?
Yes, I probably was.
But once I got past thatchallenge of being a knucklehead
I figured out how I couldovercome.
(11:28):
So now we go to number four.
After we talk about the powerof self-belief.
You have to believe, you haveto understand that intrinsic
motivation, that internal driveto succeed, the mindset, the
resilience to be able toovercome anything that comes
your way and to not have thecommon roadblock to productivity
(11:51):
.
And do you know what thatcommon roadblock to productivity
is?
It is the bad ugly word.
You know what that bad uglyword is?
It's procrastination.
It's what gets in the way ofyou being self-disciplined and
reaching your overall goals.
(12:12):
So number four is stress,management and mindset.
What does that mean, managementand mindset?
What does that mean?
It means you regulate your body, you regulate your mind to
understand that stressmanagement is not a bad thing.
It goes back to earlier what wetalked about the fight or
flight method.
(12:32):
Stress management is aboutfighting and running towards
that burning building versus theflight method, which means you
run away from the burningbuilding.
You are up to the challenge.
You're there to figure out away to get it done.
You don't let procrastinationget in your way.
Therefore, if you are betterequipped within your mind to get
(12:58):
things done, then you're goingto have a good way of getting
around stress management.
Number five this is also one ofmy favorites positive thinking
and gratitude.
Being thankful for what youhave.
Don't dwell on what you don'thave, what you're not good at,
(13:18):
what skill set you don't have,all of these things that you
wish you had.
Well, guess what?
We're not perfect, but if we goout there and we develop skills
, we challenge ourselfintellectually and we're
grateful for what we have, wehave gratitude.
Then that's half the battle.
And the final and again it'sanother important one.
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If you haven't noticed, theseare all my favorites Continuous
learning, to continue to learn,to be better, continue to learn
to get where we want to go inlife, and that is how the
mindset is so strong.
We talked about a positiveoutlook, embracing challenges,
reinventing yourself.
Number two we talked aboutgrowth mindset versus fixed
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mindset.
Are you going to go for it orare you going to be stagnated
and unchangeable?
And then the power ofself-belief, that's that
intrinsic motivation, that's themindset and resilience not for
going into procrastination andthose common roadblocks to
productivity Stress managementmindset.
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You could do it, fight orflight.
Number five gratitude, positivethinking.
And number six alwayscontinuing to learn, keeping
that glass half full andunderstanding the strong reason
of why.
And self-controlled strength.
That is what discipline and whydiscipline saves you.
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So let's talk about theeffective strategies for
developing a growth mindset.
Well, reframe those challengesas opportunities.
Simple, reframe challenges asopportunities.
Number two focus on effort, notjust results.
It goes back to a child my sonsame thing.
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He gets frustrated when hetries something and it doesn't
succeed.
So therefore, you got to focuson the effort, focus on how hard
you tried to hit the ballversus, maybe, the outcome,
maybe you didn't hit the ball,and just make sure that you look
at the efforts and not theresults.
Number three learn from yourmistakes.
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You know, if you don't learnfrom your mistakes, then that's
half the battle.
If you try something thatdoesn't work, then try it a
different way, and if it doesn'twork, then keep trying, but
learn from your mistakes.
Here's another good one.
I really like this one.
Replace I'm not good at thiswith I can improve, because
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we're not good at everything wewant to do, but we have the
opportunity to improve onanything we want to do.
Number five seek constructivefeedback.
Don't get a group of yourfriends that all love you and
praise you and say how great youare and don't provide you with
the real feedback, the realsubstance.
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How can I get better?
How can I improve?
How can I be the better versionof myself to myself, my family
and all those around me?
Get good, honest, constructivefeedback.
Number seven track your progressand small wins.
It's okay, you're not going towin the jackpot every time, but
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take the little wins you haveand ensure that you feel good
about what you did, that youfeel good about what you did.
And number seven surroundyourself with growth-minded
individuals.
Find people who also believethe way you believe about
fulfilling success, ensuringthat you have people that want
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you to succeed.
You want them to succeed andthat's how you inspire others to
get better.
That's why you have groupevents, you have corporate
events, you have all of thesetype of events where you get
people together.
Why do you get people together?
So they can succeed together.
You can't do it all yourself.
It's important to get thepeople and help around, to
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surround yourself with goodpeople.
That will help you get whereyou want to go.
So if you really want to wonderhow people are so successful
and get so much done, take thesetips on growth mindset and then
take these tips aboutstrategies for developing them
and hone your skills.
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Demonstrate your intelligence.
Demonstrate your intellectualacumen, that you're willing to
take the steps needed to besuccessful.
Let your boss know that youwant more.
You want more responsibilities.
You want more training.
You want to continue to getbetter.
And the same thing with yourspouse.
Let them know that you want toget better.
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You want to be a better husband.
You want to be a better wife.
Let your son and daughter knowthat you want to be a better
parent.
You want to do things that willhelp them develop to be
successful young men and womenas they grow up.
This is where the growth mindsetis all about, not just
intellectual.
It's about your exercisingintellectual.
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It's about your exercising.
It's about your mentalcapabilities, your physical
capabilities.
It's about taking that totalpackage together and improving
when things don't always seembetter.
If you improve, things will getbetter.
Keep the growth mindset.
Don't ever get into that fixedmindset that says this is all I
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can do.
I can't be any better.
Today, I hope you receive somegood information that's going to
help you start the week on afresh note.
It's going to help you grow asthe weeks go by.
So I want to thank everybodyfor your continued listenership.
We have listeners all over theworld and nothing excites me
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more than to see the greatcomments and constructive
feedback that I get.
So continue to save the podcast, continue to ensure you
subscribe, like whatever it maybe, if it's on YouTube or on
your favorite podcast platformand please share with your
family and friends.
So I want to thank everybody.
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I appreciate you.
Take care, bye, bye and we'llsee you next time.
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